I don’t post updates enough. I should though. One thing that has been that my last theme needed a lot of maintenance requiring a lot of images . so i decided to simplify. I made this theme to be basic if i need new features in the future I will add them. There is a […]
So guys Its the day before the vote to repeal the 8th. It is this generation’s chance to step up and show that we believe women have the right to their own bodies and make their own healthcare choices. Like three years ago it has been a vicious and difficult campaign. I can only imagine […]
At the start of the year, I set myself a challenge try and read 40 books this year. I made two huge mistakes including war and peace and the Illuminatus trilogy which I am still working through. But I also read “Abandoned Prayers: The shocking true story of a gay Amish serial killer.” Overview Looking at […]
I have started editing my book. Beginning with a first pass read through. This is unknown territory for me so this process feels a little bit like groping in the dark. I have written things before but I have never worked on the editing side of writing. I tried before with abandoned projects but my inner critic drove […]
It is fair to say that 2017 was a challenging year… for everybody. Watching American politics is like watching a soap opera set entirely in a car crash. I am kind of just glad I could be her watching from the outside. so while that’s going on I have been here living my life. so […]
This month in have decided to finish my first draft of the book. That means doubling my daily word count to get it done. I am able to do it but it is a challenge. The decision was made when I hit 75000 words. I want to get it done because It would be my original plan […]
I should be writing is the book by Mur Lafferty host of the podcast by the same name. It is filled with a basic overview of what you can expect as you start your writing career. I first discovered Mur about 10 years ago through her heaven podcast. I have listened to I should be […]
In my new quest to get fit, I am trying something new having stalled a little. So I have decided to try adding rucking to my routine. I am trying to lose more weight by making m dog walks more challenging. So the big question to go with this? What the hell is […]
. ‘Sing in me, Muse, and through me tell the story of that man skilled in all ways of contending, the wanderer, harried for years on end,IIi after he plundered the stronghold on the proud height of Troy’ -The Oddesy Translated by Robert Fitzgerald (1961) There is something beautiful about the opening […]
Recently I passed 60% on my way to my 100,000-word target. I started writing the novel a few months ago and I know I won’t finish the book until mid-January. Usually, if I look at that a project this big I become intimidated but I am over half way now. and want to think about […]
I lost 6 pounds last week, it was a bit of an accident. I was not supposed to start losing weight until I finished radiotherapy. However a few factors last week resulted in the weight loss. Recording all my food: This is one of my big goals. For the month to record everything I eat between now and […]
This is an entry into a flash fiction challenge. The prompt was a tree. the story went very dark quite quickly. trigger warning is story features suicide. If you are considering suicide please seek help. It’s big enough around that a tall man can hug it without his hands meeting, tall enough that when you […]
